[sdiy] FM Synth Designs

[Magnus Danielson]

From: <groovyshaman at snet.net>
Subject: [sdiy] FM Synth Designs
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:56:55 -0400

> I have a curious question:
> 
> Has anyone designed and built their own multi-op FM synth?  I'm curious
> about how it would be designed.  How many operators does it have?  Are they
> sine wave only?  How did you go about implementing the algorithms?  Is it
> like a DX/TX-series, or is it different?  Are you happy with the results?

I think you could get some inspiration from the Chowning patent US 4018121 and
naturally the actual DX7 patent as found in US 4554857.

Cheers,
Magnus